Thu (A flex) 10/1 and Fri (B flex) 10/2

Short Story Group Presentations
 - 15 minutes to organize
 - presentations

If time, work on JFK text marking and reading comprehension

HOMEWORK:
- Group project evaluation due 10/5 and 10/6
- Terms Quiz I on 10/5 and 10/6
- Read first author novel and take notes by 10/16 and 10/19

Tue (A) 9/29 -- Wed (B) 9/30
Final Author Journal A and B due
Sign Up for author selection
First Author Novel essay assignment
Time to work on group short story presentations

HOMEWORK:
 - Group presentations 10/1 and 10/2
 - Terms Quiz 10/5 and 10/6

Fri (A) 9/25 -- Mon (B) 9/28

Composition:  Patterns of Organization

JFK Inaugural Address
- watch / read and mark
- demonstrate comprehension

HOMEWORK:
- Final Author Journal A and B due Tue (A) 9/29 and Wed (B) 9/30
- Author Selection sign up 9/29 and 9/30
- Short Story group presentation Thur (A) 10/1 and Fri (B) 10/2
- Terms Quiz Mon (A) 10/5 and Tue (B) 10/6

All tutorials on A flex day -- assembly on B flex


Wed (A flex) 9/23 -- Thu (B flex) 9/24

Author Journal A:  teacher check and peer review

Students work on Short Story group project

HOMEWORK:
- Final Author Journal A and B due Tue (A) 9/29 and Wed (B) 9/30
- group project presentations 10/1 and 10/2

Mon (A) 9/21 -- Tue (B) 9/22

Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
   - discuss
   - literary criticism

Finish Rhetorical Terms

Short Story Group Project
   - form groups and start working

HOMEWORK:
- Author Journal A check (you should have typed ten approved author entries -- this may still be in draft) 9/23(A) -- 9/24 (B)
- Final Author Journal A-B due Tue(A) 9/29 -- Wed(B) 9/30
- Project presentations Thu 10/1 and Fri 10/2

Thu (A flex) 17 Sep -- Fri (B flex) 18 Sep
Author study questions -- watch the due date!
Willa Cather's "Paul's Case"
 -- discuss
Finish Rhetorical/Literary Terms

HOMEWORK:  Read and mark text of  "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" by F. Scott Fitzgerald for Mon-Tue 9/21-22; Author Journal (A) check Wed-Thu 9/23-24

Tue (A) 15 Sep -- Wed (B) 16 Sep 
Author Journal questions -- please be aware of due dates
"Bartleby" by Herman Melville
          - group, class, lit crit
Start Language and Composition terms

HOMEWORK:
Read and mark text for "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather for Thu/Fri 9/17-18
Author Journal A Check on 9/23 and 9/24

Fri (A) 11 Sep -- Mon (B) 14 Sep
Author Journal questions
Mark Twain - "The Private History of a Failed Campaign"
- groups develop good level 2 and 3 discussion questions
- class discussion of questions
- write on short story -- read literary criticism and discuss
PSAT

HOMEWORK:  Read Herman Melville's "Bartleby" -- mark/annotate text for 9/15-16

GREAT AMERICAN SHORT STORIES is available in the General Store for $5 -- please purchase asap and bring to class.


Wed (A) 9 Sep -- Thu (B) 10 Sep
Author Selection questions
Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"
- check for text marking
- discussion and writing




HOMEWORK:
-  Read and mark the text of Twain's short story "The Private History of a Failed Campaign" for 9/11 and 9/12

- Author Selection Journal A -- journal check on 9/23 and 9/24